Methods Of Research 1

Question 1

Subjectivity

Answer 1

Knowledge based purely on the opinion of the individual

Question 2

Objectivity

Question 3

Quantitative data

Answer 3

Raw/ statistical data

Question 4

Qualitative data

Answer 4

Extended written data long and in detail

Question 5

P.e.r.v.e.t

Answer 5

Practicality, ethical issues, reliability, validity, Examples, representative, theoretical

Question 6

Practicality

Answer 6

Practical stuff need to consider when doing research like costs and funding which is the budget. The time availability of participants which could lead to problems as observations take a lot of time then type of data the characteristics of researcher what the subject is if appropriate for the participant the size of the sample and compromises you have to take to access the participants

Question 7

Ethical issues

Answer 7

Vunerable groups where care consent and consideration used when accepting information about them
Harm psychologicaly or emotional harm when getting research
Privacy don’t take over participants lives
Confidentiality keep their views private
Legality don’t break the law during the research

Question 8

Reliability

Answer 8

The research collected by researcher will produce Same or similar results if collected by different researcher so data accurate

Question 9

Validity

Answer 9

Has the hypothesis of the research been accurately answered or swayed from original plan

Question 10

Examples

Answer 10

Use examples form other sociological pieces of research that have been done by other researcher to check if your method is appropriate by comparing

Question 11

Representative

Answer 11

Is the data from sample typical to the population in the sample if so research be generalised

Question 12

Theoretical

Answer 12

Refers if research is conducted positivism or interpretivism

Question 13

Factors influencing reliability

Answer 13

Research methods like structured interviews are reliable as they can be repeated multiple times
Data type qualitative data more accurate than quantitative as it has more detail in the data collected
Participants will not likely match the research so more participants less reliable

Question 14

Hawthorn effect

Answer 14

Factors influencing validity as it is where people will consciously or unconsciously alter behaviour if they are being watched only because of observation

Question 15

Factors influencing validity

Answer 15

Social desireibilyy changing answe to be considered normal
Demand characteristics changing answer so researcher here’s what he wants to say
Group dynamics peer pressure
Qualitative data tend to be open to I terpretaion so lower research validity

Question 16

Factors influencing representatives

Answer 16

Sample size and research methods like observation questionnaires

Question 17

Positivists

Answer 17

Prefer macro research
Sociologist only do research they objectivily see
People are passive so socialised by social institutions
Data should avoid personal involvement so quantitative data

Question 18

Interpretivists

Answer 18

Society cannot exist without individual
Reality is subjective and created by individual interactions
Society is a social construction not institu
Unstructured qualitative methods to interpret meaning of behaviour in detail
Valid research that is small in scale and depth